Verb Tenses

Verb Tenses

SIMPLE PRESENT
1. law of nature or general truth
2. permanent situation or state
3. habitual action or state
4. to quote
5. exclamatory sentenses
6. to narrate a story (more dramatic)
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. to talk about an action or situation in progress now or around now
2. to talk about changes happening around now
PRESENT PERFECT
1. to talk about an which happened at an indefinite time in the past
2. to talk about an action or state which began in the past and continues up to and into present
3. with expresssions "it's the first time", etc.
4. with time expressions when these periods are not finished
5. news
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1. duration of an activity whih began in the past and continues up to the present
2. activity habitually repeated from a time in the past up to now
3. an action which began in the past and recently stopped or just stopped.

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	Created by Amanda Santana about 4 years ago